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Re: Based Cooking

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Post by hardwaregeek »

Some of these recipes seem decent if you're already somewhat experienced and have developed cook's intuition. Otherwise they're way too vague. For instance, the chicken parm recipe:

- There should be a photo of how to slice the chicken breast. Saying "through their width" isn't good enough. I had to explain what "lengthwise" was once because my friend cut all the vegetables the exact opposite of it.

- Pound with what? A lot of people will come up with very bad answers to this question.

- How much flour? How much egg? I'll bet that plenty of beginners will use a tablespoon of flour or a singular egg

- Ditto with oil. Beginners do not know how much oil is necessary to fry stuff

- How high heat? You probably want to turn down the heat after the oil starts smoking.

- Is there a single mention of adding salt? Sounds like a pretty bland recipe

I don't mean to be too harsh but recipes are hard. There's a reason why professional recipe developers have developed certain standards like measurements, terms (folding batter, shimmering oil, etc.), and development procedures (cross testing).

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by monkin »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #77

Am I the only one who thinks that this concept is perfectly good, and all the things the site doesn't have are just great further development of the idea? What's wrong with a "wikipedia for recipes"? I would LOVE that. All the complaints about the quality of the recipes or the lack of more in-depth explaination of each one, some kind of voting/reputation system for the recipes and for the submitters and the voters, Y…

The only thing that’s missing for me is pictures of each step, and final dish. Why photos? When I’m doing something for the first time I want to see if I fucked up along the way. :-)

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by zappo2938 »

tylorr wrote: post #49
luckycharms810 wrote: post #20

In the last few years I’ve learnt that there really is nothing better than a good cook book. Vibrant colors, techniques, stories - these can all really add to your experience if their presence is not solely for the purpose of including additional ads. I’ve also found that the recipe alone is truly not enough - the techniques and background are incredibly important !

Any suggestions for a good cook book?

I was a professional chef for 17 years, 11 in Michelin star restaurants and 6 as a private yacht chef. I used Cooks Illustrated America's Test Kitchen's[0] cookbooks on the yacht, mostly The Best Recipe. [1] That set of recipes was perfect for what I was doing and freed me from having to think about what to make. There are was so much available I was doing a different dish every night and day for months on end. I always enjoy doing stuff I haven't done before. Bobbing around in the ocean one week in from the last supermarket and another week before access to another decent one, it is nice to have a reliable source of new recipes to plan with. What is really important is that it is one thing that every recipe in a cookbook works, often they don't, and it is another thing that not only does every recipe work but they always have fantastic results. More or less that set of cookbooks made my life so easy, I found a new hobby on the yacht writing code. As for a monthly source, Cook Illustrated and Cooking Light are my favorite sources. As a private chef, I can't make restaurant food everyday for my clients because restaurant food is more or less an unhealthy drug that makes people fat so I'd use Cooking Light for inspiration although the recipes are not as guaranteed for perfect results as the Cooks Illustrated recipes.

[0] https://www.americastestkitchen.com/

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Recipe-Editors-Cooks-Illustrated-Maga...

Re: Based Cooking

#115

Post by lliamander »

kyle-rb wrote: post #78
cratermoon wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The word "based" in slang has come to mean "not caring what others think", usually applied to being outrageous, controversial, or in some cases just outright offensive. So based cooking would be "I cook what I want". I offer up, as an example, "sketti": https://www.bakespace.com/recipes/detail/Honey-Boo-Boo-Skett... as "based" cooking.

Based just means cool. Honey Boo Boo is not based.

I would argue 'cool' also means not caring what others think.

If you are worried about whether you are cool, you aren't.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by opan »

cryptoz wrote: post #106
kyle-rb wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Based just means cool. Honey Boo Boo is not based.

I've never heard based meaning 'cool'. It's always been a synonym for 'cringe' or 'unpleasant' or 'racist' to me.

"based and redpilled" is quite literally the opposite of "cringe and bluepilled" in common usage. Based definitely is not a synonym for cringe. It often shows approval of some sort, or being impressed when someone acts like a "mad lad". I'm sure interpretations differ, but yours seemed a bit too far off the mark.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by reedjosh »

hardwaregeek wrote: post #111

Some of these recipes seem decent if you're already somewhat experienced and have developed cook's intuition. Otherwise they're way too vague. For instance, the chicken parm recipe: - There should be a photo of how to slice the chicken breast. Saying "through their width" isn't good enough. I had to explain what "lengthwise" was once because my friend cut all the vegetables the exact opposite of it. - Pound with what…

No website can fully replace life experience.

Either way, the simplicity of presentation here transcends any such criticism which misses the point entirely.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by SilverRed »

solarkraft wrote: post #40
hannofcart wrote: post #30

> Only Based cooking. Can someone shed light on what "based cooking" is? It's rather tricky to Google for and am unable to figure out what the site's author means by that.

"Based" is a specific online subculture slang for something wholly positive, the opposite of "cringe".

Its more associated with things you agree with that are controversial and even self admittedly ridiculous.

An example would be:

"I think you should be able to shoot sales people for ringing your doorbell"

"Based"

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by astroanax »

Brian_K_White wrote: post #77

Am I the only one who thinks that this concept is perfectly good, and all the things the site doesn't have are just great further development of the idea? What's wrong with a "wikipedia for recipes"? I would LOVE that. All the complaints about the quality of the recipes or the lack of more in-depth explaination of each one, some kind of voting/reputation system for the recipes and for the submitters and the voters, Y…

Git might not be the best way to manage recipes, especially when you're targeting a section of users who might have never heard of what it is. Sure, the idea of 'viewable history' is nice, but the average cook would find trouble with it. A wiki seems much better suited for this.

To add a recipe, you need to a learn markdown and create a PR. Learning markdown might not be hard, but learning to create a pull request, after creating a github account might put them off.

Re: Based Cooking

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Post by SilverRed »

opan wrote: post #116
cryptoz wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never heard based meaning 'cool'. It's always been a synonym for 'cringe' or 'unpleasant' or 'racist' to me.

"based and redpilled" is quite literally the opposite of "cringe and bluepilled" in common usage. Based definitely is not a synonym for cringe. It often shows approval of some sort, or being impressed when someone acts like a "mad lad". I'm sure interpretations differ, but yours seemed a bit too far off the mark.

I think OP means that things described as based tend to be cringe for OP.
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